Meaning & use
Despondently
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In a manner showing loss of hope or discouragement.
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He sighed despondently after hearing the news.
She stared despondently at the pile of unpaid bills.
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Related to "despond," an older verb meaning to lose heart, still used in the phrase "Slough of Despond" from Pilgrim's Progress.
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dejectedlygloomily
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